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Electric Brain Tumor

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Electric brain tumor

June 25, 2010. University of Illinois at Chicago participated in a multicenter, international for newly diagnosed patients, the most common type of aggressive brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme glioblastoma multiforme, which is supported by the use of medical devices that apply an electric field of the brain.

Clinical trials will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of research tools that target the cancer cells are growing rapidly with the frequency of the electric field. Treatment with the device will be tested in combination with standard therapy and maintenance therapy compared with standard care alone.

The Novo-TTF is a non-invasive medical devices that change the distribution of cells in brain cancer with an alternating electric field is called “tumor treating fields,” sent to the surface of the scalp electrodes isolated.

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Methods of Surgery

Friday, February 26th, 2010

methods of surgeryThe surgery is in the true sense of the word craftsmanship field of medicine. A surgeon needs equipment and apparatus to treat surgical patients. The surgery consists of several main areas: vascular surgery, thoracic and abdominal surgery and trauma surgery. There are other areas to be counted as surgery jaw surgery, pediatric surgery, cardiac surgery.

Because of this specialization and the layman is aware that no surgeon could now work in all areas. He has to choose a subject and learn the surgical method, which corresponds to the state in this field of research and derWissenschaft. Preference is given to the methods of surgery, which have the best long-term results and the lowest complication rates.
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